House



(No Model.)

0. L. MORBHOUSE.

JOURNAL BOX.

Patented Feb. 16, .1886.

l in INVENTOR: BY

' ATTDRNEYS.

WITNESSES NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. MOREHOUSE, OF BROOKLYN, N EW' YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARY E. MORGAN AND GEORGE L. GARRIGUES.

JOURNAL=EOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,3d1, dated February 16, 1886,

Application fired August 18.1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MORE HOUSE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Journal-Box, of which the fol lowing is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved journal-box by which the friction is reduced materially and a more easy and gentle motion of the car is obtained.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved journalbox. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line :0 x in Fig. l.

The pedestal A. is secured on the bottom of the truclrframe and projects downward. In

theinner edge of each side piece of the pedestal a longitudinal groove, 13, is formed, which is preferably dovetailed, and in each of which grooves a slide, O, is placed, united at the top 2 by a cross-piece, D, on which the ends of a spring, E, rest, the center of which rests against a pivot in the top crosspiece of the pedestal. In case spiral springs are used, a bar is placed on the upper ends of the slides G, as

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Between the side pieces of the pedestal a box, F, is placed,

which is supported by a bar, G, at each end, the bars G having the top and bottom pivots,

H and I, at opposite sides, the top pivots, H,

passing into apertures in the ends of the box F, near the top of the same, and the pivots I passing into apertures in the slides 0, thus adapting the box F to swing transversely to the longitudinal plane of the pedestal. The

0 journal J of the axle J passes through the lower part of the box, and two steel rings, K,

surrounding steel sleeves L, mounted on pivots M in the box F, rest upon the upper side of said journal. Tubular rollers N, parallel with 5 the sleevesL and rings K, are interposed be tween the sleeves L and rings K, and are provided with collars O. The rings K are provided in the inner surfaces with annular oilgrooves P, and the sleeves L have opposite 5o annular oilgrooves Q. The collars O can run in said grooves. The collars 0 may be dis- Serial No. 174,748. (No model.)

pensed with, if desired. The tubular rollers N have apertures N, to permit of a perfect circulation of the oil. The friction is reduced toan1ininmm,theoilisthoroughly distributed, and, as the box F can swing in the pedestal, the lateral jolts of the wheels are not transmitted to the car-body, which thus runs very smoothly and easily. The box F can slide vertically in the pedestal.

Having thus descr bed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, wit-h a pedestal, of a journal-box mounted to swing laterally in the same, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a pedestal, of a journal-box mounted to slide vertically and swing laterally in the same, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a pedestal, of bars pivoted in the same and a journal-box pivoted on said bars, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with a pedestal, of a vertically-sliding frame in the same, a spring or springs pressing said frame downward, and ajournal-box pivoted on the said frame, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with a pedestal, of a vertically-sliding frame in the same, bars pivoted on the frame, and a journal-box pivoted on said bars, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, with the pedestal A, having grooves B in the side pieces, of the bars G, having the pivots H I, and of the journal-box F, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. The combination, with a box, of two pivots, rollers surrounding the pivots and rings surrounding the rollers, against which rings the axle-journal rests, substantially as herein shown and described.

8. The combination, with a box, of pivots on the same, sleeves surrounding the pivots, rollers surrounding the sleeves, and rings surrounding the rollers, against which rings the axle-journal rests, substantially as herein I00 shown and described.

9. The combination, with a pivot, ofa sleeve rounding the sleeve, and a ring surrounding I 5 the rollers, substantially as herein shown and described.

12. The combination, with a pivot, of a sleeve surrounding it and having internal annular grooves, rollers surrounding the sleeve, and of 20 a ring surrounding the rollers and having internal annular grooves, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES L. MOREHOUSE.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNz, G. SEDGWICK. 

